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Nasa ocean altimeter pathfinder project. report 1; data processing handbook
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Koblinsky, C. J. Tsaoussi, Lucia Wang, Yan-Ming Brenner, Anita Ray, Richard D. Beckley, Brian D. Williamson, Ron |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Description | The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder program was created by the Earth Observing System (EOS) Program Office to determine how satellite-based data sets can be processed and used to study global change. The data sets are designed to be long time-sedes data processed with stable calibration and community consensus algorithms to better assist the research community. The Ocean Altimeter Pathfinder Project involves the reprocessing of all altimeter observations with a consistent set of improved algorithms, based on the results from TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P), into easy-to-use data sets for the oceanographic community for climate research. This report describes the processing schemes used to produce a consistent data set and two of the products derived f rom these data. Other reports have been produced that: a) describe the validation of these data sets against tide gauge measurements and b) evaluate the statistical properties of the data that are relevant to climate change. The use of satellite altimetry for earth observations was proposed in the early 1960s. The first successful space based radar altimeter experiment was flown on SkyLab in 1974. The first successful satellite radar altimeter was flown aboard the Geos-3 spacecraft between 1975 and 1978. While a useful data set was collected from this mission for geophysical studies, the noise in the radar measured and incomplete global coverage precluded ft from inclusion in the Ocean Altimeter Pathfinder program. This program initiated its analysis with the Seasat mission, which was the first satellite radar altimeter flown for oceanography. |
| File Size | 3849647 |
| Page Count | 53 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990009122 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0jt4m10f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1998-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Climate Earth Observing System Eos Oceans Calibrating Measuring Instruments Radio Altimeters Geophysics Altimeters Oceanography Geos 3 Satellite Poseidon Satellite Climate Change Satellite Altimetry Algorithms Seasat Satellites Statistical Distributions Reclamation Space Based Radar Satellite-borne Radar Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
